January 27, 2009

Dolce & Gabbana 2gether 4ever: the INTERVIEW interview

a) She sees them at la Scala a lot -- the only major designers here who consistently show their love for the opera besides the classical music loving Missonis.

b) They do their own thing and unlike most major designers they still own their company

c) And, especially, after a quarter of a century together, they show everyone -- gay or straight -- what a really cool adult relationship is about.

d) Stefano has actually a butler who loads music in his iPod, possibly the ultimate luxury in this world

e) Finally, Opera Chic has bought and worn so much of their stuff over the years that she considers them members of the family.

Dolce & Gabbana, amici complici and ex-amanti elaborate beautifully on point c) in a great interview in the new Interview mag. One of the best moments is this:

TB: Do your boyfriends ever get jealous of your relationship?

SG: If so, it’s too bad for them. We are really good friends—that’s
it, like brothers. We are family. I say Domenico is the first person in
my life. If you don’t like it, it’s your problem.

TB: Do you think your relationship is unusual?

DD: Very unusual.

SG: Our relationship is also a very good example for everybody in
the world, gay and straight. Because our love story continued, without
sex and without living together. Why not? He was the first big love
story in my life. Why do we need to cancel that? And I don’t want to
forget it.

TB: Do you think you’ll end up together again?

SG: But we do live together. No, not together, but he lives on one
floor and I live on another. I don’t know what he does in the night
with his boyfriend. And I don’t care, really.

DD: No, listen to me. Let me tell you about last night. You were
supposed to call me. My boyfriend had a fever so he couldn’t go out,
and you said, “Ciao. I’ll call you later. We’ll go to dinner.”

SG: And I forgot and I didn’t call him.

DD: And I’m waiting for dinner. Yesterday I didn’t eat, and I told
him that. And I waited. And on Saturday night I stayed home because my
boyfriend had a fever, and I fell asleep on the sofa in front of the
TV, and then I wake up and I hear the noise, boom, boom. I think maybe it’s the air conditioner. I turn off the TV and it’s boom, boom, boom, over my kitchen.

SG: Because Giovanna [Battaglia, erstwhile house model, now a contributing fashion editor at L’UomoVogue] was there, dancing like Madonna in the “Give It 2 Me” video.

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a) She sees them at la Scala a lot -- the only major designers here who consistently show their love for the opera besides the classical music loving Missonis.

b) They do their own thing and unlike most major designers they still own their company

c) And, especially, after a quarter of a century together, they show everyone -- gay or straight -- what a really cool adult relationship is about.

d) Stefano has actually a butler who loads music in his iPod, possibly the ultimate luxury in this world

e) Finally, Opera Chic has bought and worn so much of their stuff over the years that she considers them members of the family.

Dolce & Gabbana, amici complici and ex-amanti elaborate beautifully on point c) in a great interview in the new Interview mag. One of the best moments is this:

TB: Do your boyfriends ever get jealous of your relationship?

SG: If so, it’s too bad for them. We are really good friends—that’s
it, like brothers. We are family. I say Domenico is the first person in
my life. If you don’t like it, it’s your problem.

TB: Do you think your relationship is unusual?

DD: Very unusual.

SG: Our relationship is also a very good example for everybody in
the world, gay and straight. Because our love story continued, without
sex and without living together. Why not? He was the first big love
story in my life. Why do we need to cancel that? And I don’t want to
forget it.

TB: Do you think you’ll end up together again?

SG: But we do live together. No, not together, but he lives on one
floor and I live on another. I don’t know what he does in the night
with his boyfriend. And I don’t care, really.

DD: No, listen to me. Let me tell you about last night. You were
supposed to call me. My boyfriend had a fever so he couldn’t go out,
and you said, “Ciao. I’ll call you later. We’ll go to dinner.”

SG: And I forgot and I didn’t call him.

DD: And I’m waiting for dinner. Yesterday I didn’t eat, and I told
him that. And I waited. And on Saturday night I stayed home because my
boyfriend had a fever, and I fell asleep on the sofa in front of the
TV, and then I wake up and I hear the noise, boom, boom. I think maybe it’s the air conditioner. I turn off the TV and it’s boom, boom, boom, over my kitchen.

SG: Because Giovanna [Battaglia, erstwhile house model, now a contributing fashion editor at L’UomoVogue] was there, dancing like Madonna in the “Give It 2 Me” video.